Friday, March 30, 2018

The Aussies take Good Friday very seriously. Everything was closed today. We had nothing planned anyway so we walked to Darling Harbor for lunch. A couple of funny things did happened today, though. Last night at the Opera I had to revive my school teacher persona and ask a man and woman next to me to stop talking. I actually had to say it 3 times because he loudly said, “what?” “I’m not really into this.” Finally his mother? consort? cougar? shushed him. Well, suddenly today 12 hours later and in front of us (and only us) on the very empty boardwalk was the very same couple. And, he was still yakking away and she was still telling him to shut up.

UGG Girl

The next funny thing. After lunch we walked back our neighborhood Coles Supermarket to shop for dinner. For the past 7 days there has been a girl outside of Coles holding a sign for the UGG store. When we see her we know we are on the right corner. No matter the time of day, she is there. No matter the time of day, she is staring at her phone. We have never seen her raise her head, look away from her phone, wave her sign. Her fingers spin around that keyboard in a blaze. Today. Today she was not there. Our first hopeful thought was we were on the wrong corner. Not so. Just no UGG girl. And, no Coles either. It too was closed on Good Friday. Circling the blocks we finally found Pie Face open. A little hole in the wall, it provided sandwiches for Good Friday dinner. Maybe about 3 other photos of our non-eventful day are at flickr.

PS We also stopped in a 7 Eleven for ice cream and discovered that cigarettes are $29 a pack. Yikes! No, we weren’t buying. Just observing a purchase.